Sign.



R. C. LAFPERTY SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1908.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

/Ni/ENTQH EnE RT ELLAFFERTK W/ TNE SSE S BY )wf/M4 Y ATTORNEYS.

senese CHARLES LAFFERTY, oi oLAisnnega,

SIIG-N.

Speeieation of Letters Patent..

Patented Nov., i6, Ell

Application le lay QS, 1908. serieil'ie. liei.

To all ywhom it muy concern.' i

Be it known that l, ROBERT C. LAFFERTY, a Citizen of tbe United States, and a resident ot' Claiksburg, in the county ot' Hariison and State of West Virginia, have in- 'yented certain 4new and useful improvements in Signs, of which the followin` is a specification.

This invention is an nnpioven'ient in signs, and While it has a general application be lieieinaitei' described and claimed.

'broken away showing two of the nrine la:

Vlock 'the ietteis oi gagen'ient lliei'ewitl in the drawings, lfguie l is .-1 front elevation of a sign embodying my invention, one olT the inaiu baies being' detached and lowered. Fig. i2 is a front elevation,

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;z vcross section on about line BMJ Fig'. et is a cross section on about iine amelo'if lilo'. :2. Fig. 5 1s u (letali iongi- 'tndinul 'seetio'nfoix u portion et one of thel main bars. Fig'. (i is a detailv perspective View of one of the lette-rs, and 7 is :1 sectional perspective View of a portion of one' of the naine bars.

By tlieinvention I provide a of iettei eaii'ying bars suspended from each othei .in suoli manner that the overlying bars p the next lower baits in enso that when ilie seveiifl bars are coupled up in the manner presently "bed the ieiei's ot' eat-,ii bei" wili be 7 in piace by the next up; ai' b* es.

Aii tbe construction shown the sign einbodies a Cap 'l wliieii may be of any snitable design, u bead b; i3, suspended oni the cap A, und adapted lo ieeeiveiettei-'s forming any suitable beading which may include for instance, designation of a, lodge, the name and number and its ioeation, and from this bead. bar B l suspend one oi more series of letter carrying bais which for convenience of fefeience ysbali tema the name bars, and which in geneiai stue-4 ture, ,that is to say, oi the purpose of ref* Cevlg the ietters 51 may be constructed l hook-ii lfe fi alike and siiniiei to the corresponding con struction of bead. bar B.

One of the 1 7 bars D is illusti'eted in detail and compiises as shown a. mein bar or body D journaled in its rear face atDg, and. an upturned hook-like ange D3 at the 'front side of the main bai' and terminating4 at its upper edge below the upper face of `the main-*bar so thatthe fiat bottom of the next upper bai' muy overlie the hook-like iange of the bai below and secure tbe letters liooked'onj tbe said lowe" bal' oonneotion theieivitli so long as the letter eaiiy-v ing bai' .coupled to the next upper one. To this end, the letters E, Whiel'i may beef anysnitabio eliaiaetei: or disign are pro vided on their rear sides with downwardiy opening hooks E e n il lense letters blank spines left. o eng deaths, and the sign Wiil 'oe times of giewome blank spacesi Man ..iy, til ieee may be orne,- mented in any suitable manne?, and ma.. i u, i i einde M. c

An ieins of any 'which the i ,.,Mni'eflj or the name. oi'

invention pifaeieaily, o :5i-aw oi roll tbe main.

or intermediate portions of the main bars, and to cast the end portions thereof having the lugs F and the sockets G and to weld said endcastings to the intermediate drawn portion in any desired manner.

I claim- 1. A sign comprising a cap, having in its under Sidesockets, a head bar provided with upwardly projecting lugs entering and Aheld in said sockets, and also having sockets in its lower side, said head bar having Va main or body portion, and a hook-like flange along the front face thereof, and terminating at its upper edge below the upper edge ofv the main portion or body of the head bar, letters hooked into engagement with said' 'flange and underlying the cap, and name bars suspended from the head bar and provided with upwardly projecting lugs on their upper face, and with corresponding sockets in their lower faces, and having longitudinal hook-likellanges on their front.

faces terminating at their upper edges below the upper edges of their respective name bars, and letters hooked on their respective hook-like flanges and underlying the next upper bar whereby they will be locked in place substantially as set forth.

2. The improvement herein described comrising a series of letter carrying bars `hav- 1ng separate letters applied thereto, any number of the said bars ybeing suspended from each other, the overlying bars extending above and in close proximity to the letters-of the next lower bar whereby to lock the letters of the said next lower bars in connection with their respective bars.

3; The combination with a supporting bar, of a letter carrying bar suspended therefrom, and separate letters interlocked with the letter carrying bar and underlyingand i in close proximity to the next upper or sup? portin l f con le thereto whereby the supporting bar l bar when the letter carrying bar is wil secure the letters in interloc ed connection with their carrying bar.

, 4'. The combination with a letter carrying bal", and vletters 4detachably engagedftherewith, of a supporting bar for the letter car- Y 5. The combination of a letter having a downwardly opening hook on its rear side,`4

and a support therefor having an upwardly opening hook on its front side for the hook of the letter, and means independent of the supporting hook and overlying the let-ter whereby to lock it in engagement with its supporting hook, substantially as set forth.

(i. A letter 'carrying bar provided at Lits front side with means for supporting letters and having an upwardly projecting lug at its upper side and a corresponding socket in its lower side, the said lug and the walls of the socket being provided with transverse openings whereby a number of said bars may be coupled in series by ttin the lugs in their corresponding sockets an the passage of the connecting pins through the coinciding openings, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination substantially herein described, of a series of letter carr mg bars, means for suspending sa1d bars rom each other' and separate letters'detachably con-` nected with their respective carrying bars and underlying the next upper bar and held its rear side with a hook engaging with the ,said flange of the name bar and supportedv thereon, the upper face of said 1ette`r'co1nciding with the upper face of the name bar whereby the superposed bar will lock the letter' in connection with its supporting name bar substantially as set forth. ROBERT CHARLES'LAFFERT'Y. 'Witnesses:

E. C. HoLnNolli,` 'I-I. B. MoCoNNnLL. 

